Turner Hill's pinch-hit double powers Giants' big sixth inning to beat Braves
The "Giants Postgame Live" crew breaks down San Francisco's 7-3 win over the Atlanta Braves on Monday at Truist Park.
Turner Hill's pinch-hit double powers Giants' big sixth inning to beat Braves originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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Let's go back to that sixth inning, that'll be our River Rock Daily Jackpot.
The top of the sixth inning.
Osleivis Basabe had the bad error there in the bottom of the fifth inning, but he more than made up for it, going yard there to left center.
Barely gets out, but you know what?
They all count the same, Georgie.
He gets a solo shot.
They tie the game up at three apiece.
And then what happened in the later innings, look at this at bat by Turner Hill.
What, fell behind one-two, sixth pitch of the at bat, turns on that fastball, drives in two.
You have to really give him credit right there.
He took a pitch that he could handle and he drove it all the way to the right field wall, and it was just a really nice piece of hitting with him coming in off the bench.
And then Bryce Eldridge going the other way.
We're gonna show his numbers in the month of August in just a second.
He looks like a five-year vet right now.
Going the other way, spitting on pitches.
What an at bat for Bryce Eldridge, and the Giants get that extra run there to go up six to three.
Later on, Jonah Cox with the solo shot in the top of the ninth inning.
But that sixth inning, that rally against one of the better relievers in all of baseball, Dylan Lee.
We heard it in the, the pregame sound from Bryce Eldridge where he said, and he talked about his maturation at the plate, and it's really nice to see that he's been able to hit the ball where it's pitched.
A lot of young guys who come up, and this is not just a, a credit to, to Bryce, but a lot of these younger kids have been coming up and their approaches are really, really good.
They're letting the pitchers make the mistakes, and then they're hitting the ball where it's pitched.
And it's just really nice to see these guys, we've talked about it with not much to play for, they've been, they've been coming in and bringing that energy and it's been a lot of fun to watch these guys, and it will continue to be throughout the course of this next month of the season.
Well, it's been a lot of fun to watch Bryce Eldridge in the month of August.
In July, he batted .207.
You're wondering whether or not he hit the rookie wall.
But how about these numbers?
.297 average in the dog days of August.
He's gonna hate flipping the calendar to September.
You see what he's doing with two outs.
The power's coming along.
He's driving in runs.
He's spitting on pitches and walking.
We're watching this young man come into his own as just a 21-year-old.
It's really g- I mean, yeah, I, I totally agree with that.
It's really nice to see that he's taken this stride at the major league level- Mm-hmm so well.
It's inevitable that when the league starts seeing him a little bit more, you're gonna have to start addressing where those holes are, right?
He'll, he knows what he needs to work on, and the league will start attacking some of those places and try to figure you out.
It's that game of cat and mouse that you play.
But he's got such a good, you know, group of people around him, the coaches and, and all the team- all of his teammates that are giving him his feedback.
He's got a guy in Rafael Devers- who's, who's hotter than heck right now, too.
So it's just really nice to see what he's been able to do and, and it'll be nice to see how his adjustments continue to be made at the major league level.
